By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Bhubaneswar, India – At least 120 people were killed and 850 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday (June 2), according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in one of India’s worst rail accidents in years. Over 120 bodies had been recovered so
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Woman badly hurt in multi-vehicle crash
A WOMAN driving a sedan in Suphan Buri lost control of her vehicle triggering a multiple-vehicle collision in which she was severely injured and one other person slightly so, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 11. Pol. Lt. Col. Ying Kwankhao Inawang, an investigator at Bang Pla Ma police station, rushed to the
Read moreMichigan woman accused of fatal hit-and-run sought for extradition
By Adam Sabes – Fox News Oakland Township, Mich. – Michigan authorities and the FBI are seeking extradition from Thailand for a woman charged in the death of a college student who fled the country allegedly to avoid being prosecuted. Ben Kable, a student at Michigan State University, died on Jan. 1 after a
Read moreAt least 40 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years
By Reuters and published by The Business Standard Kathmandu – At least 40 people were killed on Sunday (Jan. 15) when an aircraft of domestic carrier Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said. “Rescue operations are on,” said Jagannath Niroula, spokesman for Nepal civil aviation authority. “Weather was
Read moreSeveral vehicles damaged in double crash on Bypass road
ONE CRASH after another led to several vehicles being damaged this morning (Dec. 9) on the Chonburi-Rayong Bypass road with the drivers of three vehicles getting injured, Sanook.com said. At around 10 a.m. Sawangphon Kusol Rayong Foundation rescue team rushed to the site of the accident on the inbound to Rayong City side of
Read moreBoyfriend flees car crash with husband chasing them saving his wife
THE boyfriend of a married woman ran away after his car flipped over at a Motorway curve in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province leaving her to be rescued by her husband who was chasing them in another car, Sanook.com said today (Nov. 11). This accident occurred at 3.30 a.m. at kilometre 40 inbound
Read moreBride dies, groom badly injured in car crash
JUST 10 days before their wedding a young couple driving a pick-up van back home in Suphan Buri crashed into a tree after slipping off the road in heavy rain seriously injuring both of them but bride later died in the hospital, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Oct. 27). Pol. Capt. Ritpong Mapakhe, an investigating officer
Read moreForeigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in
Read moreTrat police giving free helmets to those caught not wearing one
INSTEAD of fining riders caught not wearing a crash helmet, police in southern Trat province today (July 27) began giving the traffic violators one each free of charge to ensure their safety in case of an accident, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Somchai Yusawat, deputy chief of Trat Provincial Police, together with Pol. Lt.
Read moreCrypto weekend meltdown: Bitcoin price touches $17k, Ethereum below $900
By Anna Golubova, Kitco News THE crypto space faced another sharp selloff during the weekend as Bitcoin plunged below $18,000 and Ethereum dropped below $900. The overall crypto market cap plummeted to $847 billion, down nearly 10% on the day. Bitcoin touched $17,677, the lowest level since November 2020, and Ethereum fell to a low
Read moreBitcoin falls 14% after crypto lender Celsius Network freezes withdrawals
By Reuters and published by Euronews.next CRYPTOCURRENCY lending firm Celsius Network will pause withdrawals and transfers between accounts due to “extreme market conditions”, the company said on Monday, in the latest sign of pressure in the crypto industry. The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, extended earlier declines after the announcement, falling more than 10 per
Read moreChina Eastern Boeing 737 crashes with 132 aboard
By CNBC CHINA’S aviation authority has confirmed that a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed, with 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. Contact was lost with the flight over Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, the authority said. It was scheduled to fly from Kunming to Guangzhou. The
Read more5 dead, 20 injured as tour bus crashes into bridge in Saraburi
A TOUR BUS got badly damaged and tilted after crashing into a bridge at its entrance ramp in Saraburi province at around 3 p.m. today (Mar. 12) killing five passengers and leaving 20 other injured, Matichon newspaper said. The driver of the Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi tour bus, owned by Sahaphan Roiet Tour Co., Ltd., lost control of
Read moreDriver in expressway crash that killed 3 persons was intoxicated
A YOUNG man who slammed his new Mercedes Benz sedan into another sedan on the expressway killing three people at around 1 a.m. this morning (Dec. 18) had higher than the legal limit of blood alcohol content, Siam Rath newspaper said. The accident occurred at Si Rat expressway heading for the motorway on the
Read moreElderly Frenchman blacks out, hits 10 vehicles in Pattaya
A 78-year-old Frechman lost control of his pickup truck and hit a food vendor’s tricycle, seriously injuring her, then slammed into over 10 other motorcycles and cars parked at the side of a Pattaya road after apparently blacking out, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Aug. 18). Pol. Col. Chonlawit Athipansi, deputy inspector for Investigation at Pattaya
Read moreFamily searches for owner of vehicle left overturned at fence for months
A YOUNG Man posted an online message that he is looking for the owner of a pickup truck that has remained overturned at the fence of his relative’s house for months now after zooming across and turning turtle, Sanook.com said today (June 20). Writing on a Facebook page under the name Bird Klong Yai,
Read moreEx-provincial council member dies in car crash
A SEDAN driven by a former Provincial Administration Council member in Sukhothai province who was on his way to meet his girlfriend in the dead night burst into flames after slamming into a roadside tree killing him on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 30, 2020). Mr. Siraphop Limpapan, or Sor Jor Diao,
Read moreYouTube back up after worldwide outage
By Reuters staff, published by Hindustan Times, and Daily Express YOUTUBE, owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google , said late on Wednesday it had fixed a glitch that led to a worldwide outage of the video-streaming service. DownDetector.com, a website which monitors outages, showed nearly 286,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the service. The issue
Read moreYoung girl is with dad at ICU, not told mum died in horror crash
AMONG the relatives watching over 10 of 42 people still hospitalized after yesterday’s horror train and bus collision that killed 18 travellers is a five-year-old girl who came with her grandfather to be with her dad who is in the intensive care unit, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Oct. 12, 2020). Mr. Vej Phukongpha, the
Read moreDoctor in high-speed crash tried to save victim’s life
A DOCTOR who appeared drunk and refused a breath test tried to save the life of a motorcyclist he hit but upon failing to do so, dashed off to his hospital, Sanook.com reported today (Oct. 10, 2020). The chain reaction collision occurred at 3.45 a.m. on the outbound side of Phaholyothin road in front of
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